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Alien: Covenant’s Sound Designers Had To Have Strong Stomachs By Witney Seibold/July 19, 2022 7:14 pm EST Chronologically, “Covenant” follows “Prometheus,” but precedes “Alien.” In the 2017 film, a rogue android from “Prometheus” named David (Michael Fassbender) has fled to a remote planet where he wiped out the native population of Engineers, and has settled into tinkering with genetics in order to create what he feels is a perfect biological organism: The alien xenomorph....

Babylon Director Damien Chazelle Says The Film’s Big Montage Is About The ‘Life Cycle Of Cinema’ [Exclusive] Paramount Pictures By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Dec. 23, 2022 9:00 am EST This post contains major spoilers for “Babylon.” Is Damien Chazelle’s newest film a love letter to cinema or an ode to a dying medium? Complete with a staggering three hour runtime, “Babylon” is a bonafide epic of debauchery and bodily fluids (that’s right!...

Miracle strikes 20th Century Studios With Willis working on “Moonlighting,” things seemed bleak for the prospects of him starring in “Die Hard.” This was until a bit of good luck occurred thanks to his co-star, Cybill Shepherd, according to the interview. “The show had become popular by 1988, I think I’d already read the script for ‘Die Hard’ once, but had to pass because of the show. As it turns out, a miracle happened — Cybill Shepherd got pregnant and they shut down the show for 11 weeks — just the right amount of time for me to run around over at Nakatomi Tower....

Emancipation Trailer: Will Smith Fights For Freedom In Antoine Fuqua’s Historical Drama Apple TV+ By Erin Brady/Nov. 16, 2022 10:47 am EST The first trailer for Antoine Fuqua and Apple TV+’s unsettling slavery drama “Emancipation” is finally here. Based on the true story of a widely-photographed slave nicknamed “Whipped Peter,” Will Smith takes center stage as an escaped slave that becomes a crucial part of the abolitionist movement. Be warned that the new trailer does have some graphic imagery, so we would like to extend caution before watching it....

One person’s problem picture is another person’s box office goldmine Warner Bros. Eastwood, in his typically terse fashion, told Interview Magazine’s Graham Fuller that he knew “Every Which Way But Loose” was a “problem picture,” but he didn’t much care. “I’ve made problem pictures before,” he said, “and sometimes people tell you they’re a problem and other times they don’t.” He’s referring in part to 1977’s “The Gauntlet,” a relentlessly stupid action film that Eastwood bizarrely bothered to direct....

Finding Steve Martin’s Mansion For The Jerk Was A Stroke Of Location Scouting Fate Universal Pictures By Jeremy Smith/Nov. 3, 2022 1:36 pm EST Director Carl Reiner’s “The Jerk” is a magnum opus of rampant, unfettered buffoonery. The tale of Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin), a white man raised by Black sharecroppers, is a snapshot of Martin at his clownish, “Wild and Crazy Guys” peak. Working with screenwriters Michael Elias and Carl Gottlieb, Martin fashions Navin’s journey as the most ridiculous Horatio Alger story ever told....

Blatant disrespect toward the animation industry HBO Max The industry has a serious, serious problem with its treatment of animation. The Oscars incorrectly declared that animation was only something for children to enjoy and adults to endure during this year’s broadcast, Hollywood A-listers continue to take away opportunities from seasoned voice-over artists in animated features, and now streamers are sending animated series into a void of nothingness as a means to write them off on their taxes....

Here’s How To Watch Marcel The Shell With Shoes On At Home A24 By Matt Rainis/Oct. 4, 2022 2:22 pm EST For those seeking a quick injection of heart and whimsy into their lives, “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” is now available to watch from the comfort of your own home. With the movie having been one of the surprise hits of summer 2022, people are going to want to get their hands on the movie fast....

House Of The Dragon Review: A Bold And Brutal Tale Of The Women Of Westeros HBO By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 19, 2022 3:00 am EST Many “Game of Thrones” fans felt burned by the HBO series’ final season, leaving some to wonder if there’s even still an audience for “Game of Thrones” spin-offs. Seven hells, I wondered if “House of the Dragon” was something even I wanted, despite being a die-hard fan of George R....

In The White Lotus, Everyone Is Part Of The Problem HBO By Shania Russell/Nov. 16, 2022 11:00 am EST The biting satire of “The White Lotus” leaves no character unscathed. Mike White’s Emmy-winning hit is the latest in a long line of shows about rich people that we love to hate, and much like “Succession” or “The Crown,” this show has a way of making the uber-wealthy appear deeply sad. But even though it paints some very complex and occasionally sympathetic portraits of its characters, “The White Lotus” never shies away from making fun of everyone that dares to grace our screen....

Inglourious Basterds Was Meant To Be Quentin Tarantino’s Next Original Follow-Up To Pulp Fiction Universal Pictures By Jeff Ewing/Dec. 19, 2022 3:53 pm EST Quentin Tarantino’s Academy Award-winning “Pulp Fiction” was a phenomenon when it burst onto the cinematic scene in 1994. The director’s sophomore effort, the film paved the way for his genre-hopping, exploitation-influenced brand of cinema. It wasn’t until 15 years and four films later (counting “Kill Bill” a one entry, of course) that Tarantino received his next batch of Oscar nominations, with the exceptional revisionist history WWII epic “Inglourious Basterds....

James Cameron Might Still Make Another Historical Epic Like Titanic 20th Century Studios By Eric Vespe/Dec. 16, 2022 7:57 pm EST When James Cameron announced that he was going to make eleventy billion “Avatar” sequels (that’s an accurate number, totally not exaggerated by the way) that was the ultimate good news/bad news situation for film fans. It was great news because that meant we were getting a whole bunch new James Cameron movies, but the bad news was they were all going to “Avatar,” so if you ever wanted to see another “Terminator” or “The Abyss” or “Titanic” style movie from him, the odds were very low that he’d have time to get around to them....

James Stewart’s Vertigo Character Wasn’t Far Off From Alfred Hitchcock Paramount By Joe Roberts/Dec. 11, 2022 12:00 pm EST “Vertigo” is the kind of movie that lends itself to any interpretation you want to throw at it. Its multi-layered narrative has all kinds of things to say about love, madness, and obsession — particularly of the male variety. But what makes the film especially noteworthy in comparison to Hitch’s other work, is how he so boldly confronts what one reviewer called his own “thematic and personal sexual fixations....

Mark Duplass Thinks He Knows Why Audiences Connected With Creep The Orchard By Matthew Bilodeau/Aug. 21, 2022 10:00 pm EST The terror of found footage horror is predicated on the notion that the characters that shot it ultimately met a fatal end, which fills you with a sense of dread. It’s the anticipation of something bad happening, and the latest found footage movie to fill me with similar, albeit slightly different, unease is “Creep....

Phantom Thread Ending Explained: Dressing Down The Dressmaker Focus Features/Universal Pictures By Lee Adams/Oct. 4, 2022 12:30 pm EST When Daniel Day-Lewis announced that his final film before retirement would be Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread,” he picked the perfect place to bow out. In a career studded with powerful performances and three Oscar wins for Best Actor, he has portrayed few characters as fascinating as Reynolds Woodcock, the fussy, domineering, haute couture dressmaker in Anderson’s peculiar romantic comedy of manners....

Ralphie’s Gibberish Rage Against Scut Farkus In A Christmas Story Was Actually Scripted MGM/UA Entertainment Co. By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 9, 2022 3:37 pm EST Bob Clark’s 1983 holiday classic, “A Christmas Story,” has become a traditional watch for countless people across the globe. Based on Jean Shepherd’s semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash” and set during the winter of 1940, “A Christmas Story” is arguably one of the most recognizable Christmas films ever made....

‘He wanted to be out of The Wire business’ HBO As a former Baltimore-based journalist who incorporated much of his experience on the streets into his work on “The Wire,” creator, executive producer, head writer, and showrunner David Simon was perhaps the most fitting choice to transform “The Wire” into one of the most renowned and influential shows of all time. Obviously, an inevitable consequence of this series meant that the city itself would have to be painted in an unfavorable light, which would be a self-inflicted political blunder for any politician attempting to run for office in Baltimore....

Samaritan is fun, if nothing else Prime Video I am sure there will be many critics (some professional, some of the “couch” variety) who will turn up their noses to “Samaritan,” making snide commentary about the story being basic, derivative, etc. — the kind of self-important, “I am a connoisseur of culture” discourse that plagues this industry. To these people, I say: " why do you hate fun?" “Samaritan” is very good at what it’s aiming to do: delivering a “dark” superhero story for kids....

Scream Writer Kevin Williamson Would Have Saved Randy If He Knew The Franchise Would Last This Long Paramount Pictures By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Dec. 12, 2022 3:11 pm EST 2022 has been quite the year for fans of the “Scream” franchise. The fifth entry in the series, “Scream,” purposefully named to make fun of the current Hollywood trend of the legacy sequel, was a pleasant January horror surprise and for many, the reinvigorating spark the franchise has needed....

No shot that’s allowed to be generic. Apple TV+ What was different about working on season 3? I think story wise, there’s quite a bit that’s different about it. I think we’re coming off of this high stakes ending, so everything is a little bit elevated in this season. It’s a little darker, it’s a little more emotional, and it’s a little more playful. Also, in our process, it was very different because we’re coming off of this pandemic and we’re very excited to be back....